US-Israel-Iran War Ceasefire News Live Updates: The standoff between the US and Iran has effectively choked off nearly all exports through the strait — where 20 per cent of the world’s traded oil passes in peacetime — with no end in sight.
US intercepts three Iranian oil tankers in Asian waters, sources say
At least three Iranian-flagged tankers have been redirected from their positions near India, Malaysia and Sri Lanka, shipping and security sources said.
Sources: Microsoft considered buying Cursor in recent weeks but didn’t make an offer; Microsoft has been working to boost GitHub Copilot’s popularity (CNBC)
CNBC:
Sources: Microsoft considered buying Cursor in recent weeks but didn’t make an offer; Microsoft has been working to boost GitHub Copilot’s popularity — Prior to SpaceX’s announcement this week that it’s obtained the right to a…
Ultra-Orthodox Jews burn Israeli flags to protest national day
Ultra-Orthodox Jewish protesters have burned Israeli flags and brandished anti-Zionist banners in West Jerusalem.
Trump claims ‘rigged’ Virginia vote as court moves to block map redraw
US President Donald Trump on Wednesday alleged without evidence that a Virginia vote approving a congressional redistricting plan favouring Democrats was “rigged,” as a county judge moved to block the measure. Voters backed the referendum on Tuesday, …
Microsoft plans to invest AU$25B by 2029 to expand Azure AI supercomputing and cloud infrastructure in Australia, its largest commitment to the country (Ainslie Chandler/Bloomberg)
Ainslie Chandler / Bloomberg:
Microsoft plans to invest AU$25B by 2029 to expand Azure AI supercomputing and cloud infrastructure in Australia, its largest commitment to the country — Microsoft Corp. announced its biggest-ever inves…
New York Times says FBI investigated reporter after article about director Kash Patel’s girlfriend
The New York Times says it has learned that the FBI investigated one of its reporters, Elizabeth Williamson, after she wrote about its agents being assigned to protect and transport the girlfriend of that agency’s director, Kash Patel
US flies child back from Cuba over custody dispute involving gender identity
The child’s parent is accused of taking the child to Cuba without the consent of the child’s biological mother
An undergraduate used AI assistants to rewrite leaked source code for Claude Code in a different language, highlighting the uncertainty over copyright and AI (Meaghan Tobin/New York Times)
Meaghan Tobin / New York Times:
An undergraduate used AI assistants to rewrite leaked source code for Claude Code in a different language, highlighting the uncertainty over copyright and AI — Artificial intelligence tools are making…
United Airlines may raise fares by 20% as airlines struggle with fuel price surge amid Iran war
The CEO of United Airlines said fuel prices have been rising ‘faster than I can ever remember in my career’ in a recent inteview